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单词 incompatible
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incompatible

(ɪnkəmpætɪbəl)
1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If one thing or person is incompatible with another, they are very different in important ways, and do not suit each other or agree with each other.
They feel strongly that their religion is incompatible with the political system. [+ with]
His behavior has been incompatible with his role as head of state.
Their interests were mutually incompatible.
We were totally incompatible.
Synonyms: inconsistent, conflicting, contradictory, unsuitable More Synonyms of incompatible
incompatibility (ɪnkəmpætɪbɪlɪti) uncountable noun
Incompatibility between the mother's and the baby's blood groups may cause jaundice. [+ between]
[Also + of/with]
Synonyms: inconsistency, conflict, discrepancy, antagonism More Synonyms of incompatible
2. adjective
If one type of computer or computer system is incompatible with another, they cannot use the same programs or be linked up together.
This made its mini-computers incompatible with its mainframes. [+ with]
Many institutions exchange information by hand because of incompatible computer systems.

incompatible in British English

(ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl)
adjective
1. 
incapable of living or existing together in peace or harmony; conflicting or antagonistic
2. 
opposed in nature or quality; inconsistent
3. 
(of an office, position, etc) only able to be held by one person at a time
4.  medicine
(esp of two drugs or two types of blood) incapable of being combined or used together; antagonistic
5.  logic
(of two propositions) unable to be both true at the same time
6. (of plants)
a. 
not capable of forming successful grafts
b. 
incapable of fertilizing each other
7.  mathematics another word for inconsistent (sense 4)
noun
8. (often plural)
a person or thing that is incompatible with another
Derived forms
incompatibility (ˌincomˌpatiˈbility) or incompatibleness (ˌincomˈpatibleness)
noun
incompatibly (ˌincomˈpatibly)
adverb

incompatible in American English

(ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl)
adjective
1. 
not compatible
; specif.,
a. 
not able to exist in harmony or agreement
b. 
not going, or getting along, well together; incongruous, conflicting, discordant, etc.
often followed by with
2. 
that cannot be held at one time by the same person
said of positions, ranks, etc.
3.  Logic
a. 
that cannot both be true at the same time
said of propositions
b. 
not predicable of the same subject without contradiction
said of terms
4.  Ancient Mathematics
logically contradictory
said of equations or other statements
5.  Medicine and Pharmacy
not suitable for being mixed or used together
said of substances having an undesirable action on each other or, when mixed, onthe body
noun
6. 
an incompatible person or thing
usually used in pl.
Derived forms
incompatibility (inˌcomˌpatiˈbility)
nounWord forms: plural inˌcomˌpatiˈbilities
incompatibly (inˌcomˈpatibly)
adverb
Word origin
ML incompatibilis

Examples of 'incompatible' in a sentence
incompatible

In addition, the national recycling map is an absurd patchwork of more than 300 often incompatible systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I don't think they're necessarily incompatible things.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
The first problem is that stable prices and rising activity may be incompatible objectives.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Traders could get caught in the crossfire as they try to comply with incompatible systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He may find his two policies incompatible.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As a result we expect two incompatible things from politicians.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The roles are intrinsically incompatible and regularly prove fatal to the health of the bodyguards.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
Some couples may simply be incompatible or become incompatible.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This approach renders the system incompatible with modern times.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Can he not see that these two positions are incompatible?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Why should these things seem incompatible?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The two things are not incompatible.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Surely the two things are incompatible?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The two needs seem incompatible, but somehow we will manage it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The new packaging may be incompatible with existing machinery, requiring the purchase of new equipment.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
Yet the office holder will have two quite different, and largely incompatible roles.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Often it's because two people are incompatible to begin with.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
While these two paths are not incompatible, they seem too often to be followed in divergent directions.
Christianity Today (2000)
That too was challenged by the claimants in the same way on the ground that it was incompatible with the Convention.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The two may be incompatible.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There could thus be no question of section 114 being incompatible with the Convention.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At first, job and home plans seem incompatible, but you find a way to make them work.
The Sun (2014)
We will be speaking with the Home Office to ascertain if and why the systems are incompatible and what measures need to be taken to remedy that.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
incompatible

British English: incompatible ADJECTIVE
If one thing or person is incompatible with another, they do not suit each other or agree with each other.
They feel strongly that their religion is incompatible with the political system.
  • American English: incompatible
  • Brazilian Portuguese: incompatível
  • Chinese: 不相容的
  • European Spanish: incompatible
  • French: incompatible
  • German: unvereinbar
  • Italian: incompatibile
  • Japanese: 両立しない
  • Korean: 양립할 수 없는
  • European Portuguese: incompatível
  • Latin American Spanish: incompatible

Chinese translation of 'incompatible'

incompatible

(ɪnkəmˈpætɪbl)

adj

    1. [lifestyles, systems, aims] 不相容的 (bù xiāngróng de)
    2. [people] 合不来(來)的 (hébulái de)
  2. [computers, software] 不兼容的 (bù jiānróng de)
    incompatible with 与(與) ... 不相容 (yǔ ... bù xiāngróng)
(adjective) 
Definition
not able to exist together in harmony
Their interests were mutually incompatible.
Synonyms
inconsistent
The outburst was inconsistent with the image he had cultivated.
conflicting
There are conflicting reports on the severity of his injuries.
contradictory
He seems to be capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.
unsuitable
Amy's shoes were unsuitable for walking any distance.
disparate
incongruous
She looked incongruous in an army uniform.
discordant
He displays attitudes and conduct discordant with his culture.
antagonistic
Nearly all the women were antagonistic to the idea.
irreconcilable
their irreconcilable points of view
unsuited
mismatched
The two opponents are mismatched.
discrepant
uncongenial
antipathetic
ill-assorted
funny stories about ill-assorted people who had to share cabins
inconsonant
Opposites
consistent
,
compatible
,
suited
, appropriate,
suitable
,
alike
,
harmonious
,
congenial
,
reconcilable

Additional synonyms

in the sense of antagonistic
Nearly all the women were antagonistic to the idea.
Synonyms
hostile,
opposed,
resistant,
at odds,
incompatible,
set against,
averse,
unfriendly,
at variance,
inimical,
antipathetic,
ill-disposed
in the sense of antipathetic
Synonyms
hostile,
offensive,
disgusting,
revolting,
incompatible,
distasteful,
averse,
repellent,
obnoxious,
repulsive,
antagonistic,
odious,
hateful,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
invidious,
yucky or yukky (slang)
in the sense of conflicting
There are conflicting reports on the severity of his injuries.
Synonyms
incompatible,
opposed,
opposing,
clashing,
contrary,
adverse,
contradictory,
inconsistent,
paradoxical,
discordant

Synonyms of 'incompatible'

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